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閃電

简闪电 · 繁閃電

Mandarin · pinyin shǎn diàn

lightning
Classifier: 道 dào

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闪: shǎn · flash; avoid, dodge, evade
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning

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3–4 · shan3 dian4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sim2 din6

Cantonese word readings for 閃電. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(countable) lightning (Classifier: 道 m; 條／条 m)

verb

(verb-object) to have lightning; to have lightning flashes or strikes

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